By Dave Douglas Entertainment Editor Songs in the Key of Life is about life itself in all its aspects and on Nov. 25 at the Air Canada Centre, Stevland Hardaway Judkins, aka Stevie Wonder, took us on a musical journey of jubilation, introspection and even sadness. This was part of an 11 U.S. city tour […]
By Oscar Wailoo Last Sunday evening, the Toronto chapter of the venerable La Petite Musicale of Toronto celebrated its 45th anniversary at its annual Christmas concert. Toronto’s La Petite is the proud offspring of the quintessential Caribbean chorale that was founded in the 1940’s by Olive Walke, musician, composer, folk singer and folklorist, and a […]
By Dave Douglas The enthusiasm behind the small crowd at the second-annual Wild Meat Soca Parang Fiesta was: We are here to have a good time – ‘Tis the season to be jolly! While fewer people showed up at the event last Sunday than expected, the energy from the artists on stage: Los Amigos, TO’s […]
We all have heard the adage, “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” Where it came from and who came up with it is not clear. Some say its origins were created in folklore, during the time Isaac Newton discovered the theory of gravity by watching an apple fall from a tree. Regardless of […]
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica – Arthur Wylie of Global Renaissance Entertainment Group and Michael Rollins, director of Rose Hall Developments Ltd, will partner with the island of Jamaica to produce an epic trilogy of films based on the legend of Annie Palmer – The White Witch Of Rose Hall. Details were announced recently at a press […]
This is the second of a two-part series of chats about music with Saukrates, also known as Soxx. By Dave Douglas The seventies saw some tough times. North America grappled with high rates of inflation and economic stagnation. However, during that same time, Star Wars was released, the first computer game Pong was invented and […]
By Dave Douglas Living legend, charismatic performer and Queen of Calypso McArtha Linda Sandy-Lewis aka Calypso Rose shows no signs of slowing down and at age 74, her performance at the Revival nightspot, one of the venues for this year’s Small World Music Festival, last Sunday night was simply riveting, exhilarating and exciting. Rose entered […]
By Dave Douglas Karl Amani ‘Saukrates’ Wailoo is a Canadian rapper, singer / songwriter and record producer. It has been 20 years since his debut album Still Caught Up. Last Tuesday, he released his fourth album Amani. This self-titled solo project is just a chapter of his Season 2 LP. “This way, we can get […]
Born in 1940 on the island of Tobago, McCartha Linda Sandy-Lewis wrote her first song when she was just 15. Her father sang in a church choir, and yet the parents of the girl who would become Calypso Rose were opposed to their daughter singing during carnival. But Rose’s strong character was a formidable instrument. […]
By Dave Douglas After a fantastic week and a half of community screening and previews, the ninth-annual CaribbeanTales International Film Festival (CTFF), will come to a close on Saturday but not before fans get a chance to see the closing preview movie Two Smart, a Barbadian production starring Alison Hinds, George Gill and Saran Lashley. […]
